June 17, 2011
The past couple of weeks have been fiesta, but the actual real deal even is on Sunday. For school today there were very few students so my teacher had the students write paragraphs to tell me about fiesta. I chose a few to kind of let you know what fiesta is all about. They’ve not been edited, straight from the students’ pens!
Clara In every town there are some people celebrating fiesta. This coming Sunday Alangalang will celebrate 202nd town fiesta. Fiestas are important to the Filipinos to thank God for the blessing that we get every year. When fiesta comes in every town, people are busy preparing their foods. Some of their relatives from different town went to our own house to eat our prepared foods. Our foods that we have are from God that’s we have to show him some respect.
Den Vina Fiesta is fun. Whenever we starts fiesta’s here in alang, alang we are having first a program produced by our very own mayor, Mayor Entong Yu. In our town plaza we are having a pageant, search, singing contest and more. In plazza. There are so many barbecue bars, some peoples get drunk, buying barbecue’s, singing with the karaoke’s. Some peoples or vendors are selling flying balloons, 5 pesos worh pair of earing rings, 15 pesos worth necklace and some popcorn and manggo shake.
When June 19 comes, It is our fiesta in alang, alang our families are busy cooking foods, to serve to our visitors, we serve: fried chicken, pork menudo, pork adobo, pancit (pansit), spaghettie, salad, manggo float, lechon and more.
Sometimes we watch “Lingganay”in alang, alang because that is our festival here, the story about lingganay is about a big bell a golden bell, the bell rings louder, the bell ring up to kilometer place. Some people are so very jelous about the big golden bell when the jelous people try to get the bell the owner of the bell throw it away in the river so the bell cannot be seen by the jelous people in the river. So that is our story of “Lingganay” and why we have our happy fiesta.
Pamela Here in the Philippines one of the most liveliest celebration is a fiesta. Every town has its own fiesta. People invite guests for the grand celebration. Rich or poor people can celebrate a fiesta. It is now time to tell you about the Philippine fiesta.
Before the fiesta or desperas as filipinos call it, people prepare and start decorating flowers, bells and other decorations. On the stadium, workers in the municipal hall prepare for programs and presentations. All people cook food so that they can serve buffets for the guests. At night the fun doesn’t stops yet, the presentations of the desperas still keep on going like Ms. Teen, Mr Teen and etc.
The main event has come, the fiesta has begun people pray at the church early in the morning, a marching band has parade on the way, music is everywhere visitors from other places has arrived. All the people are very busy & crowded, people walking back and forth everywhere. The noise doesn’t stops. Everyone is happy for the fiesta has begun. Everyone sings and dance until night has come.
After the fiesta or tapos some people still celebrate. Parties and presentation happens during a tapos. That’s why endless fun never stops.
Philippines is not only known for its people and landscapes. We also have traditions like fiesta that keeps us alive. That’s why I am proud to be Pilipino.
June 20, 2011
Fiesta was really great. I invited all my volunteers to come, but sadly only M could make it. I showed up the town and we talked to everyone about fiesta and refused lots of tuba offers. Then we ate some food at my house. Sat and talked for a while then headed over to the next house. The next house was D’s, but she was sick in Tacloban. Her host family was afraid we wouldn’t come with out her and were so glad we came. We ate a-whole-nother meal and sat and talked. Then we were informed that M should head home before the drivers got to drunk. Oh fiesta!
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